TESTING OF STATCOM MODEL IN IEEE 0 BUS POWER SYSTEM NETWORK USING PSCAD AND MATLAB
SITI NUR BAIZURA ABU BAKAR
Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering ( Power System )
Faculty of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG
DECEMBER 2010
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Author : SITI NUR BAIZURA BINTI ABU BAKAR
Date : 30 NOVEMBER 2010
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the name of ALLAH s.w.t, most gracious, most merciful
The thesis has been an extremely arduous yet enriching and satisfying
experience for me. I would like to acknowledge profusely all those who have been a
part of this experience without whom I could not have completed the undertaken
task. Firstly I would like to thank my research advisor, Miss Lailatul Niza
Muhammad to whom I am greatly indebted for engineering guidance. I am fortunate
to have her as my advisor and am deeply appreciative of her considerate personality.
She has been the main source of motivation in pursuing my research ideas.
Mr. Redzuan Ahmad is an excellent teacher and has sparked my interest in
power systems through his course “Power System Distribution & High Voltage”. I
extend my heartfelt gratitude to my parent and friend for their constant support and
motivation to pursue my thesis successfully.
Finally, I like to thank to all my friends and those who help me in completing
this project and to my parents for their never ending supports.
May God repay all of your kindness.
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ABSTRACT
Power utilities have facing challenges due to increase load demands caused
by rapid industries growth over years. One of the problems is the voltage instability
in power system. Voltage stability is the ability of the system to maintain the voltage
magnitude under normal condition and also under heavy stressed condition. Voltage
instability is the power system that did not have the ability to meet reactive power
demand. This will lead to a voltage collapse in the system. This project will present
the performance of STATCOM installation in nine bus test system. A load flow
analysis is conducted in order to obtain the power flow magnitudes, voltage levels
and power losses in the distribution system. In addition, this project is to study the
effectiveness of STATCOM by injecting at the critical location bus in the system.
Thus, STATCOM that acts as a controller will regulate the terminal voltage and
correcting the fault in transmission line of power system network.
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ABSTRAK
Tenaga utiliti menghadapi cabaran akibat peningkatan tuntutan beban kerana
pertumbuhan pesat industri selama bertahun-tahu. Salah satu sebab adalah ketidak
stabilan voltan. Tegangan kestabilan adalah kemampuan sistem untuk
mempertahankan besarnya tegangan pada keadaan biasa dan juga dalam keadaan
stres berat. Punca ketidakstabilan voltan adalah sistem kuasa tidak memiliki
kemampuan untuk memenuhi permintaan kuasa reaktif. Hal ini akan menyebabkan
jatuhnya voltan dalam sistem. Tesis ini akan menyajikan keberkesanan pemasangan
STATCOM di sembilan ujian sistem bas. Analisis aliran kuasa dilakukan dalam
rangka untuk mendapatkan besaran aliran daya, tahap voltan dan kerugian daya
dalam sistem pengedaran. Projek ini adalah untuk mengkaji keberkesanan
STATCOM oleh suntikan di lokasi bas kritikal dalam sistem. Dengan demikian,
STATCOM bertindak sebagai pengawal akan menetapkan voltan terminal dan
perbaikan kesalahan dalam saluran penghantaran rangkaian sistem tenaga.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
DECLARATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEGMENT iv
ABSTRACT v
ABSTRAK vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF FIGURES x
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xii
LIST OF APPENDICES xiii
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview of the project 1
1.2 Objectives 2
1.3 Problem Statement 2
1.4 Scope of Work
1.5 Thesis Outline
1.6 Gantt Chart
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2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Power Flow 5
2.2 FACTS
2.2.1 Theory and control of STATCOM
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3.0
2.2.1.1 STATCOM Main Circuit Configurations
2.2.1.1 Advantages of STATCOM
2.3 Formula and Equation
2.3.1 Conversion of per-unit to actual value
2.3.2 Six-pulse STATCOM
2.4 Summary
METHODOLOGY
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3.1 Introduction
3.2 Test Systems
3.3 Analysis Approach
3.3.1 Flow Chart
3.4 Software Involve in Analysis
3.4.1 PSCAD
3.4.1.1 Six Pulse STATCOM
3.4.1.2 Voltage Control Loop
3.4.1.3 SPWM Control
3.4.1.4 Firing Pulses
3.4.2 MATLAB
3.4.2.1 MATPOWER
3.4.2.2 M-Files
3.5 Summary
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4.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Four Bus Test System
4.2.1 Load Flow Analysis
4.2.1.1 Steady State Analysis
4.3 STATCOM Placement
4.4 Nine Bus Test System
4.4.1 Load Flow Analysis
4.4.1.1 Steady State
4.5 STATCOM Placement
4.6 Summary
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5.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Future Recommendation
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REFERENCES 56
APPENDICES 59
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE
1 Gantt Chart for PSM 1 4
2 Gantt Chart for PSM 2 4
3 Data of 4 Bus Test Systems from input data of
MATPOWER 4.02
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4 Conversion of per unit value to actual value 30
5 Voltage level for IEEE 4 bus system without
STATCOM
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6 Load Flow Result in MATLAB 33
7 Load Flow Result in PSCAD 34
8 Voltage level for 4 bus system with STATCOM 39
9 Power flow of bus system by adding the STATCOM 40
10 Voltage level for IEEE 9 in MATLAB 44
11 The load flow in MATLAB of 9 bus system 45
12 Load flow analysis result in PSCAD of 9 bus system 45
13 Power Losses Comparison between MATLAB and
PSCAD
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14 Voltage level for 9 bus system with STATCOM 49
15 Power flow of bus system with STATCOM
installation
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO TITLE PAGE
2.1 A three phase converter bridge-the basic building block
of a VSC
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2.2 A VSC interfaced to a transmission line- P&Q exchange 8
2.3 A Static synchronous compensator operated in inductive
and capacitive mode
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2.4 Multipulse Converter Diagram 11
2.5 Cascade multilevel converter diagram 11
3.1 Six-pulse STATCOM 20
3.2 IEEE 4 bus system with implementation of STATCOM 21
3.3 Basic STATCOM control scheme 23
3.4 Voltage Control Loop 24
3.5 Generation of triangular waveforms for STATCOM 25
3.6 Generation of sine waveforms for STATCOM 26
3.7 Interpolated Firing Pulses component for STATCOM. 27
3.8 MATLAB Software 27
4.1 Modeling of IEEE 4 bus test system in PSCAD 31
4.2 Per-unit bus voltage, V1 without STATCOM 35
4.3 Per-unit bus voltage, V2 without STATCOM 35
4.4 Per-unit bus voltage, V3 without STATCOM 35
4.5 Per-unit bus voltage, V4 without STATCOM 36
4.6 IEEE 4 bus system with STATCOM at bus 3 38
4.7 Graph of voltage at each bus 40
4.8 Graph of Reactive Power Losses 41
4.9 Graph of Real Power Losses 41
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4.10 IEEE 9 bus system in PSCAD 43
4.11 IEEE 9 bus system with STATCOM at bus 9 48
4.12 Graph of voltage at each bus 50
4.13 Graph of real power losses 51
4.14 Graph of reactive power losses 51
4.15(a) STATCOM performance of Active Power 52
4.15(b) STATCOM performance of Reactive Power 52
4.15(c) STATCOM performance of DC Voltage 52
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AI - Artificial Intelligence
DM - Decision Maker
DC - Direct Current
FIS - Fuzzy Inference System
GA - Genetic Algorithms
L - Low Voltage
MV - Medium Voltage
SA - Simulated Annealing
TS - Tabu Search
TNB - Tenaga Nasional Berhad
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LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX TITLE PAGE
A Data Form 4 Bus Test Systems from Input Data of MATPOWER 4.02
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B Result For 4 Bus Test System from MATLAB 60
C Voltage bus level Meter Reading for Load Flow Analysis of
4-bus Test System
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D Real and Reactive Power Meter Reading for Load Flow
Analysis of 4-bus Test System
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E Data Form 9 Bus Test Systems from Input Data of MATPOWER 4.02
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F Result For 9 Bus Test System from MATLAB 64
G Voltage bus level Meter Reading for Load Flow Analysis of 9-bus Test System
(Before STATCOM installed)
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H Voltage bus level Meter Reading for Load Flow Analysis of 9-bus Test System
(After STATCOM installed)
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I Real Power Meter Reading for Load Flow Analysis of 9-bus Test System (Before STATCOM installed)
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J Real Power Meter Reading for Load Flow Analysis of 9-bus Test System (After STATCOM installed)
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K Reactive Power Meter Reading for Load Flow Analysis of 9-bus Test System (Before STATCOM installed)
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L Reactive Power Meter Reading for Load Flow Analysis of 9-bus Test System (Before STATCOM installed)
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview of the project
Heavy industries and electrical utilizes facing a number of challenges and
problems that is related to reactive power. These heavy industrial applications can
cause phenomena and problem such as voltage unbalance, distortion or flicker on the
electric grid. For electrical utilities, it may be confronted with phenomena of voltage
sags, poor power factor or even voltage instability. Reactive power control can
resolve these issues. The ultimate objective of the transmission system is to deliver
electric power reliably and economically from generators to loads. Power systems
are extremely complex, large beside has ever-changing structures that must respond
continuously real-time. The electricity should be produced and should be delivered
instantly when is demanded by a load. The system should carry out as economically
as possible, with transactions and sales monitored accurately.
To overcome this problem, a new technology was develop to replace the
mechanical control. The FACTS controllers have the ability of enhancing
transmission system control, reliability, and operation, and also improve the
distribution-system power quality. Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) is
one of the FACTSs’ families. Over the last two decades, advancements in static
reactive compensation technology based on VSC concepts have produced significant
benefits. STATCOM systems offer rapid response to system events, improved
voltage and power system stabilization and enhanced reliability.
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1.2 Objective
The purpose of this project are:
i. to simulate STATCOM model IEEE 4 and IEEE 9 bus power system
network using PSCAD software.
ii. to analyze the performance of the IEEE 4 and IEEE 9 bus power
system network with and without STATCOM applied.
iii. to model STATCOM in IEEE 4 and IEEE 9 bus power system
network.
1.3 Problem Statement
Nowadays, the increasing of power demand and loads especially non linear
loads making the power system network become complex to operate. The system
becomes insecure with large power flows without adequate control. To overcome
these issues, STATCOM controllers is introduced to the power system. Ideally, these
new controllers should be able to control voltage level and improve system’s stability
by applying at the critical location.
1.4 Scope of Project
The scope of this project is focusing on:
i. modeling STATCOM in IEEE 4 and IEEE 9 bus power system
network
ii. simulation on the model using PSCAD.
iii. analyze and compare the performance of IEEE 4 and IEEE 9 bus
system with and without STATCOM.
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1.5 Thesis Outline
The thesis is organized into five chapters. The brief outline of each chapter is presented as below:
Chapter 1 contained about overviewed of overall of this project, objective of
doing this project, scope of project description, and the problem statement regarding
to this research.
Chapter 2 consist of literature review that been read. It contains of review of
the technical paper written by expertise that have been taken from website and also
books. Literature review is crucial for every thesis not only to support the proposed
title but also for guidelines and references on the conducted thesis.
Chapter 3 represent about the analysis approach that involve in this research.
It also included the procedures and the tools that used in the analysis which are
PSCAD and MATLAB.
Chapter 4 states the result and the analysis made from the research and the
discussion during the research done. Every result from the simulation are stated,
analyzed and explained briefly.
Chapter 5 contains the conclusion of overall project by state the final result
that gained from the project. Future recommendations also stated in order to improve
this project in the future undertakings
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1.6 Gantt Chart
Table 1: Gantt Chart for PSM 1
Table 2: Gantt Chart for PSM 2
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CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEWS
2.1 Power Flow
Load flow studies are performed using computer software that simulates
actual steady-state power system operating conditions, enabling the evaluation of bus
voltage profiles, real and reactive power flow and losses. Conducting a load flow
study using multiple scenarios helps ensure that the power system is adequately
designed to satisfy the performance criteria. A properly designed system helps
contain initial capital investment and future operating costs [1]. Load flow studies are
commonly used to investigate:
i. the component or circuit loading
ii. the bus voltage profiles
iii. the real and reactive power flow
iv. the power system losses
v. the proper transformer tap settings
The goal of a power flow study is to obtain complete voltage angle and
magnitude information for each bus in a power system for specified load and
generator real power and voltage conditions. Once of this information is known, real
and reactive power flow on each branch as well as generator reactive power output
can be analytically determined. Due to the nonlinear nature of this problem,
numerical methods are employed to obtain a solution that is within an acceptable
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tolerance. The solution to the power flow problem begins with identifying the known
and unknown variables in the system. The known and unknown variables are
dependent on the type of bus. A bus without any generators connected to it is called a
Load Bus. With one exception, a bus with at least one generator connected to it is
called a Generator Bus. The exception is one arbitrarily-selected bus that has a
generator. This bus is referred to as the Slack Bus [1].
For assessing the impact of the STATCOM in controlling the grid voltage,
power flow study is necessary. Moreover, in the planning stage, to determine the
ratings of the STATCOM, among others, repeated load flow studies are carried out.
Also, in a stability study, load flow solution is required to establish the initial
operating point. Thus, power flow studies are indeed one of the most fundamental
studies necessary to be carried out before implementing any STATCOM in a power
system [2].
2.2 FACTS
FACTS is stand for Flexible AC Transmission System. FACTS is an
evolving technology based solution envisioned to help the utility industry to deal
with changes in the power delivery business. FACTS is defined by the IEEE as “a
power electronic based system and other static equipment that provide control of one
or more AC transmission system parameters to enhance controllability and increase
power transfer capability [3].
FACTS provide high speed and precise control of one or more AC system
parameters within synchronous AC system, thereby greatly enhancing the value of
AC transmission assets. These parameters include voltages, impedances, phase
angle, currents, reactive power and active power [4].
There are three widely known FACTS controllers, namely as STATCOM,
SSSC and UPFC. All of these controllers have a converter based which is Voltage-
Source Converters (VSC). A basic building block of any VSC is the three phase
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converter bridge. One is commonly known configuration for a three phase bridge is
shown in Figure 2.1. The bridge has two DC terminals indicated by “+” sign and “-”
sign in the Figure 2.1 and three AC terminals “~” in the mid points of the converter
legs. By controlling the states of switches in the legs we can produce arbitrary
voltage waveforms at the AC terminals [5].
Figure 2.1: A three phase converter bridge-the basic building block of a Voltage
Source Converters [5].
When a VSC is interfaced to a transmission system it has to operate at the
line frequency and to produce a balanced set of sinusoidal voltages. Therefore, a
VSC coupled to the transmission system has only two control degrees of freedom; it
can vary the magnitude and the phase angle of its output voltage relative to the
system voltage [5].
These two control degrees of freedom can be mapped to exchange active and
reactive power with the transmission system. The amount of exchanged reactive
power is limited only by the current capacity of the converter switches, while the
active power coupled to (from) the line has to be supplied from (delivered to ) the
DC terminals, as shown symbolically in Figure 2.2 [5].
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Figure 2.2: A VSC interfaced to a transmission line- P and Q exchange.
Among the main functions of FACTS devices that can enhance the flexibility
and increase the security of a power system are [5]:
i. phase shifting: this is realized by injecting a voltage in series into the
power system.
ii. voltage support by means of shunt device.
iii. line impedance adaption by means of series devices.
FACTS controllers can be connected to the system in the number of ways [5];
i. In shunt, the preferred way to meet equipment isolation requirements
(one end of the device is referenced to ground) and from the stand
point of protection from system short circuit currents.
ii. In series, which has the disadvantages mention above, but only
requires relatively low voltage ratings; technological solutions have
been develop to solve problems associated with insulating the
equipment from ground and the full potential of series connections
can now be exploited.
iii. With both shunt and series elements, such as in the UPFC.
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2.2.1 Theory and control of STATCOM
The Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) is based on the principal
that a voltage source inverter generates a controllable AC voltage source behind a
transformer reactance so that the voltage difference across the reactance produces
active and reactive power exchange between the STATCOM and the transmission
network [6]. The STATCOM is a shunt reactive power compensating electronic
device that generates AC voltage, which intern causes a current of variable
magnitude at the point of connection. This injected current is almost in quadrature
with the line voltage, thereby emulating an inductive or a capacitive reactance at the
point of connection with the transmission line. The functionality of the STATCOM
model is verified by regulating the reactive current flow through it. This is useful to
generate or absorb reactive power for regulating the line voltage of the bus where the
STATCOM is connected [7].
A STATCOM installation plays an important role in power industries to
improve the stability of the system. STATCOM in it basis is one DC-AC voltage
source convertor having one storage unit energy, usually a DC capacitor. It operating
as Synchronous Voltage Source (SVS) that connected to the line through a coupling
transformer. STATCOM has a dynamic performance far exceeding the other Var
Compensators [8].
Figure 2.3 demonstrates a simplified diagram of the STATCOM with an
inverter voltage source, E and a tie reactance, Xtie connected to an ac system with
voltage source, Vth and a Thevenin reactance, Xth. When the converter voltage is
greater than the system voltage, the STATCOM “sees” an inductive reactance
connected at its terminal. Hence, the system “sees” the STATCOM as a capacitive
reactance and the STATCOM is operating in a capacitive mode [7]. The current
flows from the STATCOM to the AC system, and the device generates reactive
power. In this case, the system draws capacitive current that leads by and angle of
90° the system voltage, assuming that the converter losses are equal to zero [9].
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Figure 2.3: A static synchronous compensator operated in inductive and capacitive
mode [10]
2.2.1.1 STATCOM Main Circuit Configurations
There are two types of STATCOM main circuit configuration which are
multipulse converter and multilevel converter [8].
In the multipulse converter, the 3-phase bridges are connected in parallel on
the DC side as shown in Figure 2.4. The bridges are magnetically coupled via a
zigzag transformer. The transformer is usually arranged in order to make the bridges
appear in series viewed from the AC sides. Each windings of the transformer is phase
shifted. This is to eliminate selected harmonics and produce a multipulse output
voltage. Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is applied to improve the harmonics
content, at the expense of higher switching and snubber loss, plus reduced the
fundamental of var rating [8].
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Figure 2.4: Multipulse Converter Diagram [8].
Figure 2.5 shows the multilevel converter configuration consists of three
different configurations which are Diode-clamped converter, Flying Capacitor
Converter and Cascade Converter. A cascade converter is constructed by standard H-
bridges in series. Apart from other designs, cascade multilevel converter eliminates
clamping diode, flying capacitors or zigzag transformer. Thus, its requires least
components used and low cost are involved. Larger dc-side capacitors are required
compared to the diode clamped and flying capacitor converter under balanced
condition but it provides separate phase control to support significant voltage
unbalance [8].
Figure 2.5: Cascade multilevel converter diagram [8]
2.2.1.2 Advantages of STATCOM
STATCOM has many advantages over the other compensators. The
advantages of STATCOM can be summarized such as[10]:
i. it has short term overload capability of ~20%